DNA figures for May 25 Posted or Updated on 17 Jun 2025

Unattended consultations at the surgery in May 2025

May was not a good month for the number of wasted consultations at the surgery.
These were all booked by patients who did not turn up for their appointments (DNAs).

• 22 GP consultations (Almost 6 hours)
• 7 Nurse Practitioner consultations (3 hours)
• 14 Practice Nurse consultations (Almost 10 hours)
• 20 Health Care Assistant consultations (Over 6 hours)
• Total consultations 63 (31 hours)

Please remember to cancel any appointment you no longer require or are unable to make. We can always offer these to other patients if we are given sufficient notice.

Appointments are in great demand as I am sure you are aware, if we can reduce the number of those not used, we can help you.

Unattended consultations in Darlington Primary Care Network in May 25

May was not a good month for the number of wasted appointments across Darlington GP practices.

These were all booked by patients who did not turn up for their appointments (DNAs). The figures are town wide from all 11 GP practices within the Darlington Primary Care Network.

• Almost 125 hours of GP time costing estimated £9,367
• 41 hours of Nurse Practitioner time costing estimated £1,193
• 164 hours of Practice Nurse time costing estimated £2971
• Over 72 hours of health care assistant time costing estimated £871

Please remember to cancel any appointment you no longer require or are unable to make. We can always offer these to other patients if we are given sufficient notice.

Appointments are in great demand as I am sure you are aware, if we can reduce the number of those not used, we can help you.